Seventy quids-worth of pound coins in my pockets
from the one-armed bandits,
slots, fruit machines, pokies -
I just can’t leave them be
the smash is what dragged me under.
I did look old for my age
not that you care -
another body
another shift of stat-bloated admin.
Paul Hawkins
2 comments:
I like to stop in every week or so to enlarge your work and read a bit of poetry. 'tis a nice diversion from the endless winter
Howdy Tom & Thanks for the drive by - Hope to do more here starting at the end of this latest collaboration - Kind of miss ye olde blogger = Cheers!
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